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 With this her newly captivated inamorato, Mr. G—, they having thus left Bedford Pa. together in manner already describe, she now continued on travel for the remaining part of the summer, during which period they visited several different counties, occasionally staying for a short time at various towns, enjoying all the luxuries that an extravagantly profuse expenditure could procure, and revelling in every sensual pleasure that the pampered appetite of inordinate desire could taste: but their stay in each of those places was very limited, probably from Mr.G—'s being aware of her aptitude at forming intriguing intimacies, and his tenacity with regard to the hope of securing the sole possession of her charms to himself, for he was little less infatuatedly attached by her personal attractions to her, than her late sable protector, wherefore it may be, not unreasonably, inferred that he kept almost constantly moving from one town to another, purposely to defeat the opportunity of any attempt at amour succeeding in effect. He allowed her every indulgence but that of the chance of her bestowing the last favour upon any other man than himself; he fed her vanity with every show of pomp and splendour her desires could crave; led her exulting in the pride of dress through the ranks of fashion the envy of her own sex, and the admiration of his; and he also invited and feasted large parties to gratify her love of luxury and riotous jollification, but always took especial care never to lose sight of her, or leave her for a single moment, in those assemblies, free from his watchful observance of her conduct, for he knew she was prompt to contrive and quick to execute on any proposal of amorous tendency.

About the approach of the cold Mason, they arrived at